Ken Ince's Pictures of Holme

St Giles, Holme

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Holme, Churches around Peterborough, Churches

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Holme Fen Drainage Ditch

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Holme, English Autumn, Trees and Woodlands, Cambridgeshire

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Holme Fen

This silver birch wood only exists because Whittlesey Mere was drained in 1851.

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Holme, English Autumn, Trees and Woodlands, Cambridgeshire

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Holme Fen

One of the meres on Holme Fen

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Holme, Lakes And Reservoirs, English Autumn, Trees and Woodlands, Cambridgeshire

Holme Fen

One of the meres on Holme Fen

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Holme, Lakes And Reservoirs, Trees and Woodlands, Cambridgeshire

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A view of Woodwalton Fen from Holme Fen

It is hoped that eventually this farming land between Holme Fen and Woodwalton Fen will form a National Nature Reserve known as The Great Fen. See www.greatfen.org.uk

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Holme, English Countryside, Country Farms, Cambridgeshire

Holme Fen Post Diagram

This diagram shows how over the past 160 years the land level has dropped due to erosion of the peat, thanks to drainage of the Fens and in particular, Whittlesey Mere.

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Holme, Cambridgeshire

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Holme Fen, the lowest point in Britain

This post was buried here in 1851. Since then, due to shrinkage and erosion of the peat, the level of the land has dropped by more than 4 meters.

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Holme, Cambridgeshire

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